20 Pogonia ophioglossoides. 



second stem-leaf. All the parts of the flower peach-blossom-red, the 

 lower lip fimbriated : germ three-fourths of an inch long. Pursh states 

 that the flowers are sometimes white — this I have never seen. Grows 

 in wet meadows, bogs and morasses, from Canada to Louisiana, com- 

 mon. Flowers in June and Jul v. 



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This simply formed and beautiful little plant is the second of Mr. 

 Brown's genus figured in this work. It is one of the commonest of 

 our bog plants, and thrives in pots filled with bog-earth kept in the 

 shade. In this manner the flowers improve in beauty, and indeed the 

 whole plant becomes somewhat more robust. Much care however is 

 required to renew the earth when exhausted— otherwise the roots 

 perish. 



The table represents the plant of its natural size. 



